Common surnames of MPS employees

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.25.043611

I note you seek access to the following information:

How many people with the following surnames work for Metropolitan Police?
Please provide numbers for each surname.

Ahmed
Akhtar
Ali
Begum
Brown
Hussain
Jones
Kaur
Khan
Miah
Patel
Rahman
Shah
Singh
Smith
Taylor
Williams
Wong

Note that these are some of the most common surnames in the world, and information is typically deemed to be fully anonymised if there are at least 3-5 individuals to whom the information could refer to. This is the basis used in the publication of academic studies, which have to comply with the Data Protection Act 2018.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full. Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please find below information on the numbers for surnames of people working for the Metropolitan Police.
These only include Police Officers, Met Staff and Police Community Support Officers: